8:36 AM,
Mar. 11, 2014

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Gannett Wisconsin Media

WAUSAU - Charges have been filed against a Birnamwood daycare provider accused of spanking an infant hard enough to cause bruising and abrasions to the child's back.

Carla Blood, 45, is due March 20 in Marathon County Circuit Court to face a felony charge of child abuse. Charges were filed Thursday, when a judge issued a summons for Blood to appear. Blood has not been arrested and is not in custody.

Marathon County Sheriff's Department investigators were called in April to the emergency room at Langlade Hospital in Antigo for a report of a then-11-month-old girl who had "significant bruising" ...